Listing 1: NT Backup Routine to Automatically Name Log Files
With the Current Date and Time

:: Revisions:
:: 08/22/01: This revision has additions to accommodate Microsoft 
Small Business Server
:: 4.5. SBS 4.5 requires a special procedure to stop and
 start the Microsoft
;; Exchange POP3 Connector service. For additional information,
 see the Microsoft articles
;; “Error Message When You Use ‘Net’ Command with Microsoft 
Exchange Connector
;; for POP3 Mailboxes” (http://support.microsoft.com/support/
kb/articles/q257/6/89.asp),
:: and “XADM: Start and Stop Exchange Services from a Command Line”
;; (http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q160/5/72.asp).
:: Note: Sc.exe is available in the Microsoft Windows NT 
Server 4.0 Resource Kit.
:: Note: Aintx.zip is available at http://user.mc.net/~jlh/
nttools/html/download_aintx.htm.

:: Stop Exchange
net stop MSExchangeMSMI /y
net stop MSExchangePCMTA /y
net stop MSExchangeFB /y
net stop MSExchangeDX /y
net stop MSExchangeIMC /y
net stop MSExchangeMTA /y
net stop MSExchangeIS /y
net stop MSExchangeDS /y
net stop MSExchangeSA /y

:: The following line is necessary only for SBS 4.5.
 It requires sc.exe.
sc stop mspop3connector

:: Create the Date environmental variable. Requires ntdate.exe.
:: Aintx.zip contains ntdate.exe and other UNIX-like utilities for NT.

set DayOfWeek=
set Month=
set Day=
set Year=
set Hour=
set Minute=
set Second=
set Date=

for /f "tokens=1-7 delims=: " %%i in ('ntdate') do (
set DayOfWeek=%%i
set Month=%%j
set Day=%%k
set Year=%%l
set Hour=%%m
set Minute=%%n
set Second=%%o
set Date=%%i %%j %%k %%l %%m %%n %%o
)

:: Here's the backup code:

:: Here's the Full Backup code:
ntbackup backup C: D: /v /b /hc:off /t normal /d
 "Full Backup of drives C and D" /l "c:\bkup-log\FB 
%Date%.log" /e /tape:0

:: Here's the Daily Backup code:
ntbackup backup C: D: /a /v /hc:off /t incremental /d
 "Daily Backup of drives C and D" /l "c:\bkup-log\DB 
%Date%.log" /e /tape:0

:: Restart Exchange
net start MSExchangeSA
net start MSExchangeDS
net start MSExchangeIS
net start MSExchangeMTA
net start MSExchangeIMC
net start MSExchangeDX
net start MSExchangeFB
net start MSExchangePCMTA
net start MSExchangeMSMI

:: The following line is necessary only for SBS 4.5. It requires sc.exe.
sc start mspop3connector

:: Alert a user that the Full Backup has finished.
net send Administrator Full Backup Finished.

:: End